yesterday is a long way away away away
your parenting won’t define me
your legacy won’t be mine
it’s ashes and dust
your false religion with it’s asceptic speech
no cursing but much hating
a strong word on immodesty and a strong hand coming at me
it’s ashes and dust
it’s a long way away away away
I will have my day
a life I live and define Faith differently
I reject religious dogma
I will think and question and choose
regard all with human dignity and sanctity
see myself not in the lens of yesterday’s child
but as a woman, equal to a man, with a strong voice
regarding kindness, loyalty and courage as the measure of a good life
